of force or direct exercise of command. Power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or tangible ways. Root French / Latin roots Influence to flow, fluid, influenza
you dont need to be a
person of influence to be influential 2 Kings 7:927. Exporting Experience Exponentially.
Spontaneous Influence. Exodus
15:20-21
Non-Spontaneous Influence. Judges 9:48,49
ATTITUDE: It is the way you think and
feel about something or somebody. Attitude reflects your disposition. Winners are not born so, they make themselves winners in the life by charting the paths leading to their goals and aims in life. our attitude to life determines lifes attitude to us Earl Nightingale
Attitude is the only absolute that will make
you an influence. Look at these examples. H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K 8 + 1 + 18+ 4 + 23 + 15 +18 + 11 = 98% K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E 11 + 14 +15 + 23 + 12 +5 + 4 + 7 + 5 = 96% M +O+N+E+Y 13 + 15 + 14 +5 + 25 = 72% A + T + T + I +T + U + D + E 1 + 20 + 20 + 9 + 20 +21 +4 + 5 = 100%
CORE COMPETENCE
CORE VALUES
CHARACTER
COMMUNICATION
CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS
COLLABORATION
CONFRONTATIONAL SKILLS
COMBAT ORIENTENTED
Develop the requisite Skills for any
enterprise. This involves improving the Skills relevant to the undertaking. Influencers constantly learn new skills and competences, interests. Self Development is key. Your influence depends on whether your skills make you dependent, or independent, an expert, practical, creative, teamplayer etc
This is a persons DNA. Non negotiable
beliefs that shape and direct your life. Values are foundation of behaviour Values can be converted to culture.
Refers to the internal makeup of a person.
The best definition of character - Those
qualities that make you the person you are when no one else is looking.
So character is that which causes you to
make the same decisions in public that you make in private Mike Huckabe.
who you are determines how
successful you are over time winners are those with strong character attributes consistent over time and formed a pattern John Townsend
Integrity is state of being complete, united.
When your words and deeds match up Every great institution in the lengthened shadow of a single man. Emerson. Peoples mind are changed through observation and not argument Will Rogers Integrity is the glue that holds an life together Billy Graham. Even when you influence without integrity you will easily come down Judas Iscariot , Ben Johnson, Marion Jones
Effective communicators hold
sway over their people. Obama, Churchill etc. Miriam Ex. 15 One of the most important asset of a leader is interpersonal communication skills.
Influencers know how to adeptly handle
conflict. Leaders are the one blazing new trails and going where no one else has been and therefore conflict is to be expected not feared- Launie Beth Jones. Leaders make people uncomfortable. They take them out of their comfort Zone.
Influencers know how to confront.
Confrontation is a positive word. It means to face frontally or to turn your face towards something The result of good confrontation is that it contains toxicity, chaos, problems, and fears, and quarantines them. Confrontation is the immune system of the organisation. Henry Cloud. Know when, how why, who and whom to confront.
Influencers should have a team spirit
They know how to tap into the benefits of synergy. They build on their strengths and complement their weakness with the strength of others. Eccl. 4:8-12 The rope easily gets to the tree top by coiling round a tree Ghanaian proverb. a great person attracts people and knows how to hold them together. John Von Goethe
Influencers are fighter for life.
They do not give up
Life is innumdated with battles.
Fight through.
Winners dont quit, quitters dont
win. phil. 3:13
To be an influencer, you have
to be under the influence of the greatest influencer, that is Jesus Christ.
Katja Kruckeberg, Wolfgang Amann, Mike Green-Leadership and Personal Development - A Toolbox For The 21st Century Professional-Information Age Publishing (2011)
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